Celebrating student success

College of Arts and Letters
 

SUMMARY: Celebrating the students and alumni who earned prestigious fellowships and awards this past year and looking back at the Class of 2024.


Congratulations to the students and alumni who earned prestigious fellowships and awards this year, including:

Christopher Handwerk (‘20, ‘25M), International Affairs; M.A in Political Science

  • Fulbright-John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship

Sean Ryan McGowan (‘23, ‘25M), History; M.A.T., Education

  • Fulbright U.S. Student Program, English Teaching Assistant to Spain

Elsa McKenney (‘25), International Affairs and Spanish

  • Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Spark

Grace Rascon (‘26), International Affairs

  • 2025 Public Policy & International Affairs Junior Summer Institute
  • 2025 Raymond C. Dingledine, Sr. Leadership Award
  • CAL Opportunity Scholarship

Isabella Santos (‘25), Political Science and International Affairs

Anya Strogonova (‘25), Political Science

  • North American Language and Culture Assistants Program in Spain

Edward Tomlinson (‘28), History and Philosophy

  • Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant

Hannah Tucker (‘26), Anthropology

  • Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship

 

We're also looking back at our Class of 2024 and celebrating the recent Career Outcomes survey!

Undergraduate:

A pie chart labeled split into four sections with labels that read: “Employed, 78.2%,” “Continuing Education, 15.8%,” “Still Seeking, 5.7%,” and “Not Seeking, 0.3%.”

Graduate:

A pie chart split into three sections with labels that read: “Employed, 93.9%,” “Continuing Education, 2.0%,” and “Still Seeking, 4.1%.”

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Published: Monday, September 15, 2025

Last Updated: Thursday, September 11, 2025

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